Ed Schutter, Director

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Ed Schutter is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Arbor Pharmaceuticals, an Atlanta, Georgia based specialty pharmaceutical company which markets prescription products for the cardiovascular, neuroscience and orphan/hospital markets. Arbor also has several branded prescription products in late stage development. Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Schutter served as President of Sciele (Shionogi) Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Sciele, he served as VP of Global Business development at Solvay Pharmaceuticals based in Basel, Switzerland. He has also held several senior management roles at the U.S. subsidiary of Solvay during his twenty years with the organization. He began his pharmaceutical career with Reid-Provident Labs, a small entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company based in Atlanta, GA. 

Mr. Schutter is a registered pharmacist with a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Mercer University and an MBA from Kennesaw State University. He is currently a board member of Arbor, Vitruvias Therapeutics, and Establishment Labs (ESTA) and has been a previous board member of other public, private and nonprofit organizations.